Teacher Talk

Johanna is Dyslexic and has two children who are dyslexic. In this episode, she shares what worked for her and her family to create successful readers.

http://www.decodingdyslexia.net/ (find your State for specifics and resources in your area)

Signs and Symptoms https://www.decodingdyslexiaiowa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Dyslexia-Signs-and-Symptoms.pdf

The tutoring resources our kids used: https://www.dys-add.com/

Your classroom in need of a behavior reset? Johanna and Jared discuss how to turn around behaviors in your classroom any time during the year. And, as promised: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KSryJXDpZo

Johanna says, as a teacher, if you need help you should ask for it but what if your administration is awful?

Teachers might not like it, but subbing is a part of the teaching experience even if you have a full-time classroom. Time to take the anxiety out of subbing.

Are you going to school to be a teacher or do you know someone who is? This podcast shares the real secrets to having a successful first year and it all starts by action done now.

Sometimes our teaching world slips away from us and we find ourselves stuck in a pit making us this think will be our last year. It is time to enjoy teaching again and here is how.

As a dyslexic (IEP) learner, years behind her peers, Johanna didn't have the grit or the skills needed to survive school (let alone consistently attend). Until she had a teacher who used this motivation system. Want to motivate the impossible? Here is how.

As promised in the episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lhQP5CsH5r5f2kstkiBIaSa9Irtyk8tHxRJ3VZOmG4Y/edit?usp=sharing

Jared quizzes Johanna on how to tell if your incentive system is broken and how to fix it so that over time the act of learning becomes the reward.

Johanna shares a menu of options for easy to use and do incentives ideas for students.

Johanna shares some simple supplies that when added to your classroom can make learning and teaching more fun. These tricks work really well for times where there is just a lot of content that needs to be remembered/ understood.